SHORT PROFILES OF TEAM MEMBERS
Sumit Kumar Agarwal brings with him over 32 years of leading young & energetic teams in General Electric (GE), Sahara India, Media Reach (London), RDA (Afghanistan), Laqshya Media (India, Sri Lanka & Dubai), Appropriate Technology India (High Altitude Himalayas) and BASIX (Microfinance across 20,000 Indian villages).
Sumit has founded and heads Tanjun Associate LLP, a social enterprise solutions provider that specializes in the Skill Development space. He has been instrumental in setting up the State Institute of Capacity Building in Sikkim (India) and was the first skill consultant in the country to attract fund participation of over Rs. 310 million from The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) on behalf of his client as far back as 2009.
He now works from the Tanjun Livelihood Skill Training & Research Centre (LSTR) near Dehradun that is housed in a self-sustaining, earthquake proof, off-grid, energy negative campus within an organic farm. There he innovatively trains promising young persons from the rural and rurban landscape and finds employment for themwhile carrying their success stories to global audiences. <BACK
Rinty Agarwal a Masters in History and a Bachelor’s degree holder in education from the prestigious University of Lucknow has spent over 25 years starting from teaching young adults in leading educational institutions and has gone on to become a highly respected editor and composer of educational books across varied sectors. Her keen acumen resides in the deep understanding of young minds and she excels in finding long-term sustainable solutions to penetrating youth challenges. She is known for her content and curriculum building expertise and quality compilation of educational and skill building pedagogy across diverse sectors and differing cultures. <BACK
Rekha Dey of Rekha Dey Associates, our advisor, is a graduate with honours in Economics whoalso holds double PG diplomas in International Business from the famed Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), and in Marketing Management from the Institute of Marketing and Management.
She brings with her the formidable qualities of a highly result oriented multi-tasker with over 15 years of work experience in various national and international organizations. Her development sector expertise comes from both the implementation and the funding side of the spectrum encompassing many years of global learning.
She heads two successful startup companies, MJR Sports & Wonder Bamboo Enterprises and is the India Director for Sports Education Development Australia (SEDA) a leading sports training institution headquartered in Melbourne. Rekha excels in finding solutions to engage, educate and empower young people as they transition from school to employment or further study. She advises and leads the entire Tanjun team as well as takes leading responsibilities in the sports & bamboo verticals. <BACK
Anshuk Gupta is a business management graduate from the prestigious university of Bangaluru and has had working experiences across the India’s length. He carries management experience in marketing information services in a large info-tech & publishing organization followed by marketing of banking & insurance services with ICICI where his natural talent for social work prompted him to move laterally as a resource mobilization and community connect person into TMM, one of the most successful non governmental organization working in the treacherously challenging state of Bihar in India. He has a keen understanding of youth psyche and can move them smoothly from despair to hope without disagreements. <BACK
Rampal Singh Rana is a gifted observer and a multifaceted team leader. It is often difficult to decipher whether he has grown with the organization or the organization has grown because of him. He is the one person in the organization who can deliver all field related work across the entire chain of activities that Tanjun performs with the skill of a master trainer. Rampal is the exemplary skill development success story, who has gone on to become a multi-skill master trainer with no real educational background of his own. <BACK
Jaiparkash Dhiman is a master trainerof Bamboo housing, furniture and fences. He is a highly skilled craftperson equally at ease with bamboo as with wood as well as brick masonry. Like most members pf our team he is multitalented, multifaceted and keen on continuous learning in spite of his nearly four decades of hands on experience with various materials and processes. <BACK
Mohammed Tahir is a master trainer in multiple skills and specializes in steel & metal fabrication. He carries over 17 years of experience across India ranging from oil fields to communication towers and STPs doing x-ray finish metal fabrication and training young aspirants into this fascinating field of livelihood. <BACK
Vishant is the youngest member of our team, although he carries the sports coaching responsibility like a seasoned veteran. He is a quick learner and a precision deliverer. With not a single complaint on his lips as the workload gets demanding, he is an inspiration for the entire team whenever we are even slightly on the path to resting or quitting. <BACK
All As on May 2019